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Job 27

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 Job continued his discourse, saying:

2 As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

3 as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,

4 my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

5 I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity until I die.

6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse [me] as long as I live!

7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

8 For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

9 Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?

10 Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?

11 I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.

12 All of you have seen [this] for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk?

13 This is a wicked man's lot from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

14 Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.

15 Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep [for them].

16 Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up a wardrobe like clay-

17 he may heap [it] up, but the righteous will wear [it], and the innocent will divide up his silver.

18 The house he built is like a moth's [cocoon] or a booth set up by a watchman.

19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone.

20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night.

21 An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place.

22 It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its grasp.

23 It claps its hands at him and scorns him from its place.

New International Version NIV

1 And Job continued his discourse:

2 “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,

3 as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,

4 my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.

5 I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.

6 I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.

7 “May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust!

8 For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?

9 Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?

10 Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?

11 “I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.

12 You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?

13 “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:

14 However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.

15 The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.

16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,

17 what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.

18 The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.

21 The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

22 It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

23 It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place.”